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Virus fears not the only reason for caution

We simply don’t know how far, or fast, the novel coronavirus outbreak will ultimately spread, so for the time being we are assuming that the response across asset classes will follow the same pattern observed during and after previous epidemics – that the initial panic will be unwound after a few weeks or months.

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